Splunk Engineer
Core
Deploy, administer, and support a distributed Splunk environment at enterprise scale to protect SpaceX's mission, hardware, and reputation by monitoring logging platform performance, availability, and capacity.
Role type
Senior Splunk Engineer (Security & Operations)
Builds
Enterprise-scale logging platform, dashboards, alerts, and security detections for Infosec and IT organizations
Domain
Aerospace / Cybersecurity / DevOps
Required skills
Splunk administration, complex SPL, regex, automation (Puppet/Ansible), Linux systems, Python, Git/CI/CD, incident response
Preferred skills
Splunk certifications (Enterprise Certified Architect, Security Admin), Splunk SOAR, Splunk MLTK, EDR/threat intel integration, aerospace logging environments, CIM/Knowledge Objects
Technologies
Splunk, Puppet, Ansible, Python, Git, Linux, Splunk SOAR, EDR
Responsibilities
Deploy and standardize Splunk agent and enterprise deployment with automation; Monitor and maintain logging platform performance, availability, and capacity; Write complex SPLs for dashboards and alerts; Troubleshoot Splunk instances and Universal Forwarders; Perform data onboarding, governance, and enrichment; Support mission-critical 24/7 operational environments with rapid incident response
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
